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Object Number
11-39-20/C5746
Display Title
Carved shell bracelet
Descriptions
Inventory Description
modified shell, incised with humans and animals, perforated
Classification
- Utilized Shell
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Quechua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Guerrero
/
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/
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Placeres del Oro
Additional Geographic Terms
Valley of Rio del Oro
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 15.4 x 10.5 x 6.1 cm (6 1/16 x 4 1/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
C5746
Credit Line
Gift of Clarence L. Hay, 1930
Provenance
Collector
William Niven
(1910)
Donor
Donated by
Clarence L. Hay
(1911)
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